Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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874. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is still in place for a leisure centre under the swimming pool programme (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26565/16]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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The refurbishment of the pool in Buncrana, Co. Donegal has been included in the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme since 2000. Detailed contract documents were received by the Department in 2015. Some clarifications were sought on these documents and a response was received from the Council earlier this year. The documents and additional clarifications are currently being examined by the Department's technical advisor and I understand that my officials expect to write to Donegal County Council shortly in relation to these. If the contract documents are approved, the next stage of the process would be for the Council to proceed to tender stage and, following receipt of a tender report, it would be at that stage that a formal grant allocation would be considered.  In this regard, it should be noted that the maximum possible grant available under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme is €3.8m.